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<p>[QUOTE="ambr0zie, post: 7952598, member: 80952"]Inspired by [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]'s thread, showing her trays with RR coins (beautiful!) I want to see how CT members store their collections. </p><p>I have recently received a surprise gift from my numismatic mentor - an old album manufactured by Krause (not sure if they are related to Krause-Mishler?!) It has a locking mechanism, good vintage look and in excellent condition so I decided to move my ancient coins collection. Previously I was using some pocket albums, 96 coins each, but I wasn't 100% happy with them. </p><p>I had to improvise as most of the original sheets had 8 coins/page which would look silly if you put 8 small Greek fractions. I say improvise because the album was using some custom sheets and the rings don't have the distance suitable for the sheets you can find today. </p><p>So I bough 20 Leuchtturm Optima sheets (24 coins/sheet, maximum diameter 33 mm) and using a hole puncher I modified them to fit in the album.</p><p>Although I was not expecting nice results, since my patience and skills with manual tasks are not great, I am very happy. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377964[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377965[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377966[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377967[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to see the homes for your ancient coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ambr0zie, post: 7952598, member: 80952"]Inspired by [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]'s thread, showing her trays with RR coins (beautiful!) I want to see how CT members store their collections. I have recently received a surprise gift from my numismatic mentor - an old album manufactured by Krause (not sure if they are related to Krause-Mishler?!) It has a locking mechanism, good vintage look and in excellent condition so I decided to move my ancient coins collection. Previously I was using some pocket albums, 96 coins each, but I wasn't 100% happy with them. I had to improvise as most of the original sheets had 8 coins/page which would look silly if you put 8 small Greek fractions. I say improvise because the album was using some custom sheets and the rings don't have the distance suitable for the sheets you can find today. So I bough 20 Leuchtturm Optima sheets (24 coins/sheet, maximum diameter 33 mm) and using a hole puncher I modified them to fit in the album. Although I was not expecting nice results, since my patience and skills with manual tasks are not great, I am very happy. [ATTACH=full]1377964[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1377965[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1377966[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1377967[/ATTACH] I would like to see the homes for your ancient coins![/QUOTE]
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